Medical data management system

Abstract

A medical data management system wherein patients, doctors, medical professionals except doctors, and medical institutions are registered as members, and log in using an ID and login authentication means for each member to register and preserve medical data for effective use thereof. The system comprises a management file associated with each individual medical data, in which access authority of a member to enable the member to access the medical data is recorded; and access authority addition authentication means to enable recording additionally access authority of a member in the management file, and the access authority addition authentication means exists for each patient member.

1 . A medical data management system wherein patients, doctors, medical professionals except doctors, and medical institutions are registered as members, and log in using an ID and login authentication means for each member to register and preserve medical data for effective use thereof, the system comprising: 
 a management file associated with each individual medical data, in which access authority of a member to enable the member to access the medical data is recorded; and    access authority addition authentication means to enable recording additionally access authority of a member in the management file,    wherein the access authority addition authentication means exists for each patient member.    
     
     
         2 . The medical data management system according to  claim 1 , which allows another member to access to medical data by a function for a member having his access authority already recorded in the management file of the medical data to add access authority of the another member to the management file.  
     
     
         3 . The medical data management system according to  claim 1 , which is configured to have a function to enable each patient member to register his own medical data by himself and a function to record automatically each patient member's own access authority in the management files of all his medical data including medical data registered by other members, if any, such that each patient member can not only always access his own medical data but also disclose the medical data to others.  
     
     
         4 . The medical data management system according to  claim 1 , which allows a researcher member to participate and is configured to have a function to record the scope of medical data approved by a patient member in the management file of the medical data so as to open medical data of the approved scope to the researcher member.  
     
     
         5 . The medical data management system according to  claim 1 , further comprising: 
 a section to determine a member to be responsible for storage of medical data depending on order of degrees to which the medical data is needed by the members whose access authority is recorded in its management file, and if the member responsible for storage abdicates that responsibility, to transfer that responsibility to a candidate for a next member responsible for storage, and if finally all members abdicate the storage responsibility, to delete the medical data.    
     
     
         6 . The medical data management system according to  claim 1 , further comprising: 
 a section to search automatically for a member responsible for storage for each medical data and to calculate the total amount of stored medical data for each member; and    a section to enable charging for the calculated total amount.    
     
     
         7 . The medical data management system according to  claim 1 , which is configured to enable each patient member to change the access authority addition authentication means so as to prevent a doctor member who diagnosed the patient member in the past from accessing medical data of the patient member without a restriction.  
     
     
         8 . The medical data management system according to  claim 1 , further comprising: 
 a warning setting section for a patient member to set, for his own medical data designated by the patient member, such that, when another member adds authority of access to the medical data, the system warns the another member to the effect that his action will be notified to the patient member and after the action of the another member, records and notifies the action of the another member to the patient member.    
     
     
         9 . The medical data management system according to  claim 1 , further comprising: 
 a section for a patient member to register disposable authentication means to allow only once another member to add authority of access to his medical data designated by the patient member,    wherein the system is configured to require another member trying to add authority of access to the medical data to input the disposable authentication means.